Construction: Egypt to build 1 million homes for poor to help ease shortage

Wednesday, 09 December 2015 Lin Noueihed and Michael Georgy

Egypt plans to build 1 million homes for poorer people at a cost of almost $20 billion over the next five years, the housing minister said, to ease a crunch that has seen slums and unlicensed buildings spread since the 2011 revolt.

Egypt: Fresh blood at central bank to calm currency crisis

Friday, 23 October 2015 Asma Alsharif and Eric Knecht

When Egyptian central bank governor Hesham Ramez quit, phones began ringing as bankers congratulated each other on the departure of a man they say refused to change course even as Egypt careered from currency crisis toward trade crisis.

Egypt tourism industry expects moderate growth in 2015

Monday, 28 September 2015 Asma Alsharif in Cairo

Egypt's tourism industry, hit by years of political upheaval and militant violence, is expected to post moderate growth this year and hopes a global advertising campaign will revive the sector vital for economic recovery, the tourism minister said.

Springtime for soldiers

The armed forces are back at the centre of politics. Be they serving professionals, retired generals, jihadists trained in the Sahel or crew-cut wearing South African mercenaries, the men – and a smattering of women – in khaki are calling the shots again.

North Africa's dream deferred

How to deal with fat cats – not fatwas – is the real problem facing North African leaders after the revolutions failed to fix old economic problems. The clock is ticking for governments to deliver justice and jobs.

Egypt's Sanai tribesmen pledge to fight extremists

Infrastructure: Egypt's $300 billion dream

Thursday, 19 March 2015 Shadi Bushra and Yara Bayoumy in Cairo

Compared with Brasilia in Brazil, which was founded in 1960, Canberra in Australia, founded in 1913, and Astana, which became the administrative centre of Kazakhstan in 1997, Egypt's ambitions are on an even larger scale. Its new capital is eventually designed to cover some 700 sq km (435 sq miles), roughly the size of Singapore, contain 1.1 million homes and create 1.75 million jobs.

Egypt calls for US support against ISIS

Tuesday, 10 March 2015 Konye Obaji Ori

The United States has sent its top diplomat to Egypt after Cairo requested military aid and the formation of a regional coalition to fight the terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

Egypt: Cabinet approves investment law

Wednesday, 04 March 2015 REUTERS

Egypt's cabinet approved a long-awaited draft law on investment on Wednesday, the prime minister said, aimed at making deals less vulnerable to legal disputes or changes in government, and reducing stifling bureaucracy.